TCM Schedule for Wednesday, March 6: 31 Days of Oscar - Day 27 - Best Picture

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More Best Picture nominees/winners!

Though I would suggest to the writers of the descriptions below that Henry VIII wasn't the one who was suffering through those marriages...

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

12:15 AM No Country for Old Men (2007)
A poacher has to elude the Texas Rangers and the mob after stealing drug money.
Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
Runtime: 122 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC:

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2:30 AM Midnight Cowboy (1969)
A slightly dim-witted young Texan journeys to New York City to offer his services as a stud-for-hire, but spends a hard winter helping a tubercular con man.
Dir: John Schlesinger Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

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4:30 AM All the King's Men (1949)
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Dir: Robert Rossen Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru
Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

6:30 AM The Big House (1930)
An attempted prison break leads to a riot.
Dir: George Hill Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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8:00 AM The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
The famed English monarch suffers through five of his six disastrous marriages.
Dir: Alexander Korda Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie
Runtime: 93 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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9:45 AM Captain Blood (1935)
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Barbados where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Lionel Atwill
Runtime: 119 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y

12:00 PM Ivanhoe (1952)
King Richard the Lion Hearted is being held for ransom by the King of Austria, and his evil brother, John, conspires to take the throne. But while Robin of Locksley fights as Robin Hood, another man, Ivanhoe, risks everything for his king - and for the honor of Rebecca, the woman he loves.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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2:00 PM The Alamo (1960)
Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie join the fight for Texas' independence from Mexico.
Dir: John Wayne Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey
Runtime: 162 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC:

5:00 PM America America (1963)
Stavros Topouzoglow, a young Greek living under the oppression of the Turks in the 1890s, dreams of emigrating to America as he faces the harsh reality that life has dealt him. Entrusted with his family's savings, he travels to the Turkish capital of Constantinople to rescue his cousin's failing business. Despite the cruelties, ...
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Harry Davis
Runtime: 177 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

What's on Tonight: Days of Oscar - Day 27 - Best Picture

8:00 PM All About Eve (1950)
An ambitious young actress tries to take over a star's career and love life.
Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Runtime: 138 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

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10:30 PM Gentleman's Agreement (1948)
A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Gregory Peck, Dorothy Mcguire, John Garfield
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N

12:45 AM Going My Way (1944)
A young priest revitalizes a failing parish and brings new life to the elder priest.
Dir: Leo McCarey Cast: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y

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3:00 AM Hamlet (1948)
The melancholy Dane flirts with insanity while trying to prove his uncle murdered his father.
Dir: Laurence Olivier Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney
Runtime: 155 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y

5:45 AM Madame Curie (1943)
The famed female scientist fights to keep her marriage together while conducting early experiments with radioactivity.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y